High-grade thymic carcinoma other than basaloid or mucoepidermoid type could be associated with multilocular thymic cyst: Report of two cases [3]

Histopathology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 501-502

  Hattori, H ^a  

^a Kariya General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS CARCINOMA; THYMUS CYST; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOEPIDERMOID TUMOR; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344413053     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2003.01697.x     Document Type: Letter

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